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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>JOSHUA</span>
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CHAPTER 24
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Joshua recites how the Lord has blessed and led Israel—Joshua and all the people covenant to choose the Lord and serve him only—Joshua and Eleazar die—Bones of Joseph, taken from Egypt, are buried in Shechem.
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And</span> Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
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And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, <i>even</i> Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/2a" mark="a" type="C" title="Abr. 2: 5 (1-5); TG Idolatry.">gods</a>.
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And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">seed</a>, and gave him Isaac.
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And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Plagues.">plagued</a> Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
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And I <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 12: 37; 1 Ne. 17: 26 (23-26).">brought</a> your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 14: 9; 1 Ne. 17: 27 (26-27).">Red</a> sea.
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And when they cried unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he put <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Darkness, Physical.">darkness</a> between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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And I brought you into the land of the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 21: 21 (21-31).">Amorites</a>, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Amos 2: 9; 1 Ne. 17: 32 (32-35).">destroyed</a> them from before you.
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Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
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But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
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And ye went over Jordan, and came unto <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 6: 1 (1-27).">Jericho</a>: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
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And I sent the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 23: 27-28.">hornet</a> before you, which drave them out from before you, <i>even</i> the two kings of the Amorites; <i>but</i> not with thy <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 44: 3.">sword</a>, nor with thy bow.
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And I have <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 18: 24.">given</a> you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
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&#182; Now therefore <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reverence.">fear</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and serve him in <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sincerity.">sincerity</a> and in truth: and put away the <sup>c</sup><a href="josh/24/14c" mark="c" type="A" title="Abr. 1: 5 (5-7).">gods</a> which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And if it seem evil unto you to serve the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Agency; TG Commitment.">choose</a> you <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/15b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Procrastination.">this</a> day whom ye will <sup>c</sup><a href="josh/24/15c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Service.">serve</a>; whether the gods which your fathers served that <i>were</i> on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my <sup>d</sup><a href="josh/24/15d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Family, Children, Responsibilities toward.">house</a>, we will <sup>e</sup><a href="josh/24/15e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Example; TG Loyalty; TG Objectives; TG Service; TG Sustaining Church Leaders.">serve</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to serve other gods;
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For the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God, he <i>it is</i> that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: <i>therefore</i> will we also serve the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; for he <i>is</i> our God.
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: for he <i>is</i> an <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 19: 2; Isa. 5: 16; D&C 20: 11.">holy</a> God; he <i>is</i> a <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/19b" mark="b" type="E" title="IE desiring exclusive devotion; Ex. 20: 5; Deut. 4: 24; Mosiah 13: 13.">jealous</a> God; he will not <sup>c</sup><a href="josh/24/19c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 34: 7.">forgive</a> your transgressions nor your sins.
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If ye forsake the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and serve strange <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Idolatry.">gods</a>, then he will turn and do you <sup>b</sup><a href="josh/24/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 7: 29; Hel. 12: 3.">hurt</a>, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
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And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Service.">serve</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And Joshua said unto the people, Ye <i>are</i> witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, to <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 4: 2 (2-5).">serve</a> him.  And they said, <i>We are</i> witnesses.
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Now therefore put away, <i>said he,</i> the strange <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Idolatry.">gods</a> which <i>are</i> among you, and incline your heart unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel.
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And the people said unto Joshua, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
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So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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&#182; And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 7: 12.">stone</a>, and set it up there under an oak, that <i>was</i> by the sanctuary of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
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So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
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&#182; And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, died, <i>being</i> an hundred and ten years old.
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And they <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 19: 50 (49-50).">buried</a> him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which <i>is</i> in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
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And Israel <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 2: 7.">served</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that he had done for Israel.
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&#182; And the <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 50: 25; Ex. 13: 19.">bones</a> of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill <i>that</i> <i>pertained to</i> Phinehas his son, which was given him in <sup>a</sup><a href="josh/24/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 17: 1.">mount</a> Ephraim.
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